I am sick and tired of listening to the talking heads spew their lies about livestock grazing on public lands. The far left has spent 25 years trying to disparage and discredit our western heritage in an attempt to sway public opinion in their favor. I worked on ranches in New Mexico and Arizona from age 11 through my high school years, then began managing quarterhorse ranches and shoeing horses through college; and I still help with “cow works” when occasion permits and shoe about a 100 head of horses per month . I wear a cowboy hat every day. I wear boots, jeans and believe in the “code of the west” and for someone to say that my “culture” is dead is to say that I have spent my entire life chasing an impossible dream. I have news for those naysayers, and fear mongers who love and make lies in order to advance their agenda; We ain’t goin’ nowhere!!
All of my heroes have been cowboys, stockman, horseman and western folks. They weren’t perfect, but at least you know where they were coming from. I would like for all of you who share the same dream as I do to tell your story. Let’s let the liberals see and hear that the “silent majority” walks softly but carries a big stick.
